In my opinion, it is the coach rather than the players that .
A. is to blame
B. is to be blamed
C. are to blame
D. are to be blamed
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(答案→)A. is to blame
B. is to be blamed
C. are to blame
D. are to be blamed
解析：考查语法主谓一致和动词 blame 的习惯用法：句意：在我看来，是教练而不是队员该受责备。Be to blame这个词组是用主动表被动。排除BD，这是强调句，强调的是主语，谓语和强调的主语一致the coach rather than the players，rather than连接两个主语和前面的一个一致，就是the coach，谓语用单数，答案：A